YouTube now transforms your phone into a remote control
During this summer, the company Google dedicated itself to renewing the visual aspect of a good part of its applications in order to adapt them to the environment of the new version of Android One of them was the YouTube video portal which, like the social network Google+ , it changed its appearance, with a more modern and minimalist look However, these novelties arrived to release the latest versions of the Android operating system, specifically the new one Jelly BeanNow, several months later, the changes are reaching the rest of users with older versions of Android We review the news below.
As we say, one of the most attractive novelties is, without a doubt, its new aspect, which is now much more visual, starring images of the videos. These take up most of the screen, including the video title, which can be read superimposed on said image. In addition, in the version for smartphones, it is possible to see two columns of videos if we place it in panoramic position, being able to see more videos on the screen to choose which one we want to play.
But if something marks the redesign of this video portal and the rest of Google applications is for your side drop down menuAn issue that we see in most applications updated during this summer. To access it we only have to scroll our finger on the screen from left to right This reveals a menu with our account, the subscribed channels, and a list ofSuggested videos by genre to find new videos that may interest us.
Even more interesting is the function of preloading of our subscribed channels Thus, while we are connected to WiFi Internet networks or when we connect the battery , the application will take care of loading the videos that may interest us to avoid cuts when we are connected to slower networks In addition, from the menu Settings we can configure that they load automatically preview the videos from our subscriptions or the list of selected videos to watch later, or both.
Along with all these new features we also find the possibility to manage YouTube TV with this update. This is the possibility of synchronizing our device with a television screen or monitor to play on it the YouTube videos that we want to see. Or what amounts to the same thing, it transforms our device into a remote control with which we can give the command to play what we want on television. To do this we have to display the menu of the video that we are watching on the device and select Add to YouTube TV Of course, first we must synchronize our device with a smart TV through the application of YouTube of this one that offers a code to create the link.After that, we can manage video playback through the device even if we watch it on TV.
All in all, a welcome update for a large number of Android users, as it expands the possibilities for most of users of that community. And we remember that, for now, version 4.1 or Jelly Bean is a minority The new version of YouTube is available for smartphones and tablets with Android version 2.2 or higher Can be downloaded completely free via Google Play
